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Heute: Anrede
(Today: form of adress)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 18.2.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | email, marketing, politeness, word/writing
Summary | The German distinction between two different registers for the secon person singular pronoun seems to have deteriorated online. The polite form is hardly ever used online, for instance in email communication as though the digital medium makes it okay to suspend all rules of politeness. Even online companies gear their their online marketing communication towards digital intimacy (using "Du" instead of "Sie") so that users/customers are more friendly and forgiving of their company.
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Das Problem mit dem ;-)
(The problem with ;-))
Newspaper | Appenzeller Zeitung
Date | 3.2.2017
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | email, emojis, misunderstanding, politeness
Summary | First emojis have appeared in official writing: the Norwegien government included emojis in one of their letters. Norwegian linguists are critical of this saying that we need to establish rules about emoji use first because they are easily misunderstood. Emojis have entered our everyday communication so profoundly that we now read even workplace emails without emojis as rude.
Image Description | Getty image of a Macbook keyboard with emoji keys.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, emojis
My friend messages me on every platform. How do I politely say 'back off'?
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 19.4.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | email, politeness, social media, texting
Summary | How does one deal with a pushy friends that is trying to reach one through all possible media channels? This discrepancy in how both people define the friendship and how often they feel the need to communicate can be quite tricky to maneuver. One can either be passive-aggressive about it (preferred in British culture) and train the friend by always taking your time to respond and choosing the media channel with the least likeliness of a quick response turning into a digital conversation: email. The alternative is to politely but explicitly mark your boundaries by telling the friend that you cannot respond to this many messages.
Image Description | Illustration with text message bubbles colliding and exploding.
8 Etiquette Rules That Still Apply To The Workplace, According To Experts
Newspaper | Huffington Post
Date | 30.1.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | email, politeness
Summary | Rules of politeness are very important even though people are becoming increasingly relaxed about them. LIttle gestures of respect can help one's career advancement in unexpected ways. One tip, mainly concerning millenials, is to never to delegate urgent tasks by email. One should rather just pay a quick visit to the colleague and tell them verbally what you need them to do quickly. Millenials seem to be particularly reluctant to talk to their co-workers and prefer to just email or text them.
Image Description | CNP Montrose image of an office space.
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